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Auction: 312 - Numismatic Collector's Series Sale
Lot: 2644

Bank of the United States Manuscript pay orders, $21.90, 1794, and $100 1796, cut canceled, about VF+. Established in 1791 by the Washington administration, the (First) Bank of the United States was controversial from the beginning, as members of the emerging Democratic-Republican Party felt it created too much centralized power and favored northeastern cities; its charter was permitted to expire in 1811. [2]

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